Seems to me that part of the whole ethos of Unix being "The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems" (See Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning was the Command Line") was

Seems to me that part of the whole ethos of Unix being "The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems" (See Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning was the Command Line") was an almost actively cavalier disregard towards such issues, as if putting the ejector seat lever right next to the gearstick is an acceptably red-blooded thing to do. The best we can say is that attitudes have evolved somewhat since.